video may be found here: http://
www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Jxmv4TLRWrw). The first four modules
in the series have been field tested, revised,
and are already being used by several state
deaf-blind projects and two university programs, one in the U.S. and one in Canada,
to enhance their work with adult learners.
As the current set of modules is being field
tested and revised, NCDB will concurrently
work with the OHOA advisors and creators
to develop seven new modules this year.
Ultimately, the goal is to provide a foundational set of modules that may be used in
concert with field-based internships by
qualified programs in the field of deafblindness to increase the numbers of
trained interveners in the U.S.
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As exciting as the modular content may be, many
have found that the true gifts of this process have
come from the willingness of professionals and
family members to share their best thinking and
resources to create a tool that may be used by
many. The OHOA modules are one piece of a
larger systemic effort that requires ongoing partnership and action from the diverse and geographically widespread community that is committed to improving the lives of children who are deaf
-blind. Though there is a significant amount of
work to be done, it is with this spirit of collaboration that efforts to develop systemic support for
interveners and students who are deaf-blind
